http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 9th 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Some cell providers sell frequently used numbers or out of system numbers to advertisers. I was in Hong Kong and had to call my office in the states. Before I hung up, I already had a string of text-ads for suits, entertainment, travel, dining, and lodging. Depending on your cell contract, you may be paying for the unsolicited calls and texts.
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Grow a nut. While "actual harm" in this case is probably an inflated cell-phone bill, there's no excuse for this behavior. Sometimes you deal with a business that legitimately needs your number. As I mentioned below, what if you take your car in for repair and they need your number to call with an estimate? Then they later spam the hell out of it? Ya like that?

Just because you're too lazy to fight back, don't attack those who aren't. Pathetic ingrates.]]>Dec 17th 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/
Screw spammers.]]>Dec 9th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 2:18AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 3:37AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 5:51AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 7:27AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/
Think it through, moron. You take your car in for service, and they need your phone number to let you know when it's done. They later use that number to spam your ass to oblivion, not only intruding on you with continual phone alerts but RUNNING UP YOUR PHONE BILL.

Are you going to defend that too?]]>Dec 17th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 9th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/
And you think suing them will stop them? Obviously, the do not call list didn't work... ]]>Dec 10th 2009 1:22AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/



Pay your bills and the credit card companies will not call. You can't sue them for contacting you to collect for a debt you owe. I've never had a credit card company call me to sell me anything. Also, the no call list worked great for me. Oh, P.S. Anyone you OWE a debt to has the right within reasonable measure to try and collect on the debt that you OWE. How about instead of suing and paying a lawyer THOUSANDS, just pay your debt so you won't be harassed by collection agencies? AND SO SOCIETY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR YOU DEFAULTING ON PAYMENTS. Sounds like a novel idea to me. I don't agree with debtor's prison, but I am tired of society being able to spend thousands of someone else's money and then being able to walk away paying a fraction if any at all because they claimed bankruptcy. It is no wonder our country is in the financial situation it is in. Everyone thinks they can spend someone's money, and then, not have to repay it. CRAZINESS!!! ]]>Dec 10th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/Dec 10th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/http://www.switched.com/2009/12/09/woman-sues-burger-king-for-texts-about-shakes-and-whoppers/A) It's a stupid lawsuit. There's no way spam texts caused her $5M in actual harm
B) She opted-in to receive the texts when she gave them her number for some silly contest (probably "text whopper to 55545 to win!" or something similar). Maybe now she'll learn to read the fine print.
C) The legal system is backed up enough as it is. Some cases require legitimate attention. Let's not waste anyone's time.

Screw frivolous lawsuits.]]>Dec 9th 2009 5:02PM